Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-10-11

SOLDERING IN AFRICA.
4 Frenchman's Remarkable Adventures
While u Captive Among rhe Arabs.


and two children. He had remark
able story of adventure his life, and
as he rested in hotel preparatory to
going out housc-hunting he related it
to reporter rs follows;
"When was young / had great
love for the army. and at the
.ara Of seventeen ! went to Stras-
bourg to become soldier ] was put
into an infantry regiment, from which
l was transferred in six weeks to the
Third regiment of xouaves. While
among them / was sent to Algiers.
where staid for about fifteen years,
fighting the Arabs or living the miser-
able life Of French soldier in Tan
gier."
"Why miserablc?"
..vell. the country is awfully hot.
and anybody who is not used toit suf-
fers terribly
..Did yon do any active serviceP"
.-Yes. and plenty Of L. The Arabs
on the northern coast of Africa are COP
stantiy revolving against the supremacy
OF the French, whom that country costs
many drop of blood in year. Many
friend did | lose while | was out
there. Once when we were on the
desert had been after n detach-
niant Of Arab horsemeT ost our
way, and we roamed for about week
through the vast sea Of sand which
stretches itself through the northern
par. Of Africa The Sahara. Our sup
ply ~ water Ind given ont. and we
were almost dying Of thirst, while our
bnapsacks with provisions were almost
empty. 10 get some water and some
fau@i We resorted at last 10 the measure
OF killing one OF the camels that We had
with ~. The camel has stomach which
is divided into four parts, one of which
contains the water Just as the animal
drinks H. We opened that part, and To
our great joy there was enough water 10
give us all at least cupful each. On
tho sixth lay our number he'd dwindled
down To seven, when n cavaleade OF
Arabsn horse,ncn came upon ns, and
We. being too weak to defend ourselves,
were made prisoners and taken 10
1agilit, town la Morocco.
.'llefo our Captain was killed IN the
most horrible manner by the Arabs
They tore his nails one by one from his
fingers. cut out his tongue, and
chopped OH his ears before they finally
Killed him. lmysclf was sold the next
day to rich Moor, who made me his
valet. had here comparatively an easy
life. but they forced me there To join the
religion OF Mohanmod. Unfortunately
any master died. and he leaving no
heirs | was taken back by the Govern
ment ns their property. They, not
being able 10 dispose of me Immediate
". sent mo 10 Morocco, where wn'
put into dungeon among criminals O
the most degraded character. How
over. appealed Ia the Sultan, through
the governor 81 the prison, ard wa
released. prime ,nlly because had be
eamc Mussu nan. ran through tn,
town. from one end to the other, whei
81 last | found occupation with q He
brew. who took me Ia as a water-car
rier and general servant As soon ms
had saved some money, | left Morocco
for Algiers. The dangers | encounl
cred on my long and wearisome inns
ney were horrible not so much fror
the people or from beasts as from tn
horrible climate. For i've days ira,
eled through dreary, barren desert
| was without food for two days O
several occasions | was misled by Tia
Hata Morgaua. The Fata Morgaua
reflection 81 some distant place In tn
RAYS of the sun, and is very deeevin
10 travellers. especially or the desert
l had left Tiemecn. the town wher
Ab.~el- kader vanished the French il
1850. the day previous When g
ON the desert | had small flask g
water. which | had been obliged /
buy, az there was II drought In III,
meen, making water so scarce that
sometimes came to twenty eeutimt
tfour ccutsl pint.
when the water in my flask CAV
ont seemed 10 feed awfully thirsty;
breame terribly detected, my head fc
dizzy aud ached dreadfully, | wa
wishing for the next town with all M
heart. The sun Shonc down upon th
country with scorching heat. The san
WAS 50 hot that il burned the solcs
my feet With fainting heart iiftc
up MY head To- see whether any trees
houses appeared ON the horizon. Lool
ing mp was pleasantly surprised
noticing ia the distance u beautiful vi
lagc. The little one-gtory white hous,
were surrounded with large tree
whose beautiful green foliage. in coI
trlSt 10 the white houses, made u
nice picture. has,enod to veao
the spot As quickly as possible. b,
imagine my disappointment when
found that the glorious oasis was mott
ing but deception. The next day, a
most at the point of death, came to
small settlement. whore | rreaperat,
myself from my starving eonditio
After week | arrived in Tangio
where was received with joyful hu
rahs by my old comrades. In Il
meantime news had arrived in Algie
Of the war between France and &c
many. In a few DAYS a ship took
away from Africa. We landed in Ma
settles, and were at once dispatched
the front. | fought under Marsh
Bazine at Gravelotte. and was tax,
prisoner by the Prussians. who sent n
Ia Erfurt. in Saxony. | WAS prison
there for six months. when was Ii
Grated on account of peace, which hl
been established between the countn,
Since that time ! have been Germs